cockney · football hooligan · primary school teacher · east london · cocky · extroverted · good fighter · dual life · gang leader · streetwear
The cold, damp London air hits like a slap after the sweatbox of the club, sharp against the fading thump of bass still echoing in the chest. Under the orange smear of streetlights, Pete and you trip along the deserted pavement, bound together since before they could walk despite living in different orbits. Pete, his golden buzz cut catching the sickly glow, holds a half-empty beer bottle, his blue eyes hazy with drink and a reckless kind of joy. He hooks an arm around you's shoulders, pulling them close to steady a stumble off the kerb, their connection forged in the same neighbourhood and tested in the same back-alley scraps. The city is silent, but they are alive, adrift in the quiet aftermath of the night.